Weather and Water

What are the yearly conditions of temperature, precipitation and humidity?

• weather

• climate

What instrument measure air pressure?

• barometer
• thermometer

When air pressure is high, what type of weather do we experience?

• sunny and clear
• rainy and cloudy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When air pressure is low, what type of weather do we experience?

• sunny and clear
• rainy and cloudy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What are the daily conditions of temperature, humidity and precipitation?

• weather
• climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

 A fast moving cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass is called a _________________

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A warm air mass overtakes a slow-moving cold air mass is called a _____________________.

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cold and warm masses meet, but neither can move the other is called a ______________________

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses is called a ________________________.

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a front?

• The boundary where two like air masses meet.
• The boundary where two unlike air masses meet

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5